''The School for Friends'' is an 1805
comedy play by the British writer
Marianne Chambers. It premiered at the
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, commonly known as Drury Lane, is a West End theatre and Grade I listed building in Covent Garden, London, England. The building faces Catherine Street (earlier named Bridges or Brydges Street) and backs onto Dr ...
in
London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...
on 10 December 1805. The Drury Lane cast featured
Robert William Elliston
Robert William Elliston (7 April 1774 – 7 July 1831) was an English actor and theatre manager.
Life
He was born in London, the son of a watchmaker. He was educated at St Paul's School, but ran away from home and made his first appearance on ...
as Lord Belmour,
Richard Wroughton
Richard Wroughton (1748–1822), was an actor, who worked mainly in Covent Garden (now the Royal Opera house) and Drury Lane (now the Theatre Royal), and occasional in the city of his birth, Bath.
Acting at Covent Garden
He was born in 1748, ...
as Sir Felix Mordant,
William Barrymore as Sir Edward Epworth,
William Dowton
William Dowton (1764–1851) was a British actor.
Early life
Dowton, the son of an innkeeper and grocer at Exeter, was born in that city on 25 April 1764. At an early age he worked with a marble cutter, but in 1780 was articled to an archite ...
as Mr. Hardy,
Charles Mathews as Matthew Daw,
Walter Maddocks as Landlord,
Jane Pope as Lady Courtland,
Dorothea Jordan as Mrs. Hamilton,
Harriet Siddons
Harriet Siddons (née Murray; 16 April 1783 2 November 1844), sometimes known as Mrs Henry Siddons, was a Scottish actress and theatre manager.
Edinburgh referred to her as "Our" Mrs Siddons to distinguish her from her English mother-in-law ...
as Miss Emily,
Harriet Mellon
Harriet Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans (alternate spelling: Harriot; née Mellon; 11 November 1777 – 6 August 1837) was a British banker and actress who eventually starred at Drury Lane. She was successively the wife of banker Thomas Coutts ...
as Lucy and
Charlotte Tidswell as Sarah. The
prologue
A prologue or prolog (from Greek πρόλογος ''prólogos'', from πρό ''pró'', "before" and λόγος ''lógos'', "word") is an opening to a story that establishes the context and gives background details, often some earlier story that ...
was written by
James Kenney. It appeared for 25 performances on its initial run.
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References
Bibliography
* Genest, John. ''Some Account of the English Stage: From the Restoration in 1660 to 1830, Volume 8''. H.E. Carrington, 1832.
* Greene, John C. ''Theatre in Dublin, 1745-1820: A Calendar of Performances, Volume 7''. Lexington Books, 2011.
* Nicoll, Allardyce. ''A History of Early Nineteenth Century Drama 1800-1850''. Cambridge University Press, 1930.
* Tomalin, Claire . ''Mrs Jordan's Profession: The Story of a Great Actress and a Future King''. Penguin, 2003.
1805 plays
West End plays
British plays
Comedy plays
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